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Endothelial–Mesenchymal Transition in Bleomycin-Induced Pulmonary Fibrosis
18 Sept 2009
Abstract excerpt
The pathological hallmark lesions in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis are the fibroblastic foci, in which fibroblasts are thought to be involved in the tissue remodeling, matrix deposition, and cross-talk with alveolar epithelium. Recent evidence indicates that some fibroblasts in fibrosis may be derived from bone marrow progenitors as well as from epithelial cells through epithelial-mesenchymal transition. To...
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